Analysis of stream water temperature changes during rainfall events in forested watersheds

Limnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Subehi, Luki ^a   Fukushima, Takehiko ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^a   Mizugaki, Shigeru ^b   Gomi, Takashi ^c   Kosugi, Ken'ichirou ^d   Hiramatsu, Shinya ^e   Kitahara, Hikaru ^e   Kuraji, Koichiro ^f   Terajima, Tomomi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR COLD REGION   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hysteretic loop; Rainfall event; Slope gradient; Specific discharge; Stream water temperature changes

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYSTERESIS; RAINFALL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SLOPE ANGLE; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

JAPAN;

EID: 77953911412     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-009-0296-2     Document Type: Article

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